Church service for missing human rights activist
Standard Newspaper 18 March 2012 A church service will be held on Tuesday in Bulawayo for Paul Chizuze, a human rights activist, who has been missing for almost six weeks. Chizuze was last seen on February 8 this year and close friends and colleagues say it was highly unlikely for him to disappear, raising fears
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-18
Glasgow Celtic unbeaten in 26 domestic games this season – on course for the treble. Go Celtic you beauties – and Bosso please emulate! # Enjoyed spending time with Zimbabwe Diaspora Education Support Initiative folk yesterday in Johannesburg – thanks for a great meeting. # Taylor eyes Essex deal http://t.co/omqJRPTl via @newsdayzimbabwe Well done Brendan
BEAM receives US$15 million boost from UK
Sunday News 18-24 March 2012 The Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), a programme that assists disadvantaged children to access education and complete school, has received a financial package worth over US$15 million from the United Kingdom to fund the shortfall of disadvantaged primary school children. Mr Dave Fish, head of the UK’s Department for International
Critical shortage of science teachers: Coltart
Sunday News 18-24 March 2012 Fact sheet: 900 high school maths and science teachers needed in Bulawayo City has a mere 135 qualified maths and science teachers There is a deficit of 765 teachers Critical shortage of maths and science teachers in the Matabeleland region Low enrolment at teachers’ colleges Matabeleland is facing an acute
Return to Bulawayo
Sydney Morning Herald By Sam Vincent 17 March 2012 The last time I visited Zimbabwe I was knee-high to a hyena – a precarious position in the African food chain, as anyone who has seen The Gods Must Be Crazy II will know. In that film a young Kalahari bushman, threatened by a hyena, holds
Innovation Africa
Official Summit for Education, ICT, Science & Technology, Research & Development. Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 October 2012 Following the highly successful 2012 Southern African ICT for Education Summit, hosted by the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in Victoria Falls, organisers AfricanBrains prepare for the Innovation Africa Summit. Please follow the link below
United Kingdom commits $15 million for the education of Zimbabwean orphans
The Zimbabwean By Keith Scott 15 March 2012 Dave Fish, Head of the Zimbabwe Office of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), today announced that Britain is committing £10 million (over $15 million) to support the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), a Zimbabwean Government programme which pays for disadvantaged children to access education
Fate of human rights activist remains unknown
SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 15 March 2012 Rights activist Paul Chizuze has been missing since 8th February. Despite extensive efforts made civil society organizations to determine his fate his whereabouts are still unknown. Many of his friends and family now fear the worst. Chizuze went missing on the night of 8th February and
Only Queen of England Can Convince Mugabe To Change His Behaviour
Radio VOP March 15 2012 The Queen of England is the only international figure most likely to convince President Robert Mugabe to change his hard line policies, former US acting principal deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Bellamy was told. According to the latest Wiki Leaks cable, the 88-year old Zimbabwe leader is known to hold in
Coltart rallies Diaspora
The Zimbabwean By Mxolisi Ncube 14 March 2012 David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, has urged Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to be actively involved in uplifting education. The sector is still trying to recover from the economic rot that has spanned more than a decade. The resultant brain-drain created teacher shortages,